Overall Green alert Flood for Bolivia
in Bolivia

Flood impact summary

Flood Bolivia is expected to have a low humanitarian impact based on the magnitude and the affected population and their vulnerability.

GDACS ID: 1100370
Deaths: 1
Displaced: 870
Region: La Paz, Curva, Santiago de Cotagaita, Achocalla
Countries: Bolivia
From - To 06 Feb - 06 Feb
Known identifiers for this event:

GDACS Score

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Impact Assessement as of 06-02-2020

SENDAI Indicator A N Country Location Info
death 1 Bolivia Achocalla
SENDAI Indicator B N Country Location Info
affected 72 Bolivia Curva
displaced 800 Bolivia Santiago de Cotagaita
displaced 70 Bolivia Achocalla
SENDAI Indicator C N Country Location Info
houses destroyed 250 Bolivia Santiago de Cotagaita
houses destroyed 12 Bolivia Achocalla

Satellite Observation

Satellite-based Flood extent provided by GLOFAS
Overall of the satellite-based flooded area from / to : 2020-01-30 / 2020-02-13  

Thursday 30/01Friday 31/01Saturday 01/02Sunday 02/02Monday 03/02Tuesday 04/02Wednesday 05/02Thursday 06/02Friday 07/02Saturday 08/02Sunday 09/02Monday 10/02Tuesday 11/02Wednesday 12/02Thursday 13/02

Timeline of revisions

For accessing reports of previous advisories, please click on the advisory number in the table below.

IDAlert ColorPopulation affectedStart DateEnd DateSource
1 1 deaths and 870 displaced 06 Feb 2020 06 Feb 2020 GLOFAS

Flood polygons

This polygon (translucent blue with a blue border) is drawn by the analysts recording the flood event. It is meant to include all the areas reported as affected, by official source or the media. It does not represent the area actually under water.

Microwave flood detection

Flooded area, as detected in microwaves by the Global Flood Detection System of the JRC, based on NASA TRMM/GPM observations. This system has a rather low resolution (of 5-10km) but is not affected by clouds.
For more details, see http://www.unisdr.org/files/9622_LBNA23303ENC002.pdf.
The areas with a flood signal along the coast are an artefact of the system and should not be considered.

Optical Flood detection

Flooded area as detected in optical wavelengths by NASA/MODIS, known as "MODIS Flood Product". Data are made available by NASA GSFC Flood Mapping Project, http://oas.gsfc.nasa.gov/floodmap/index.html. Resolution of 250m, heavily affected by cloud cover.